First look at the Samsung Galaxy Note 8: Out with exploding batteries, in with AI

First look at the Samsung Galaxy Note 8: Out with exploding batteries, in with AI

Samsung, which traditionally launches its new Galaxy smartphones at the Mobile World Congress in February, will force consumers to wait until as late as April before getting their first look at the Galaxy S8’s new AI feature. “The latest internal prototypes of the premium Galaxy S8 handset include a button on the side edge of the smartphone that would be used to launch a beefed-up virtual assistant based on artificial intelligence, akin to Apple Inc.’s Siri,” reported The Wall Street Journal on Monday. It also pointed out that delaying the launch until after the Mobile World Congress will give Samsung more time to tinker with the AI feature as well as the S8 in general. “Samsung is building its comeback around artificial intelligence, a hot corner of the technology market,” the…